HILLSVILLE — While one suspect in vending machine break-ins was caught in Hillsville, authorities picked up a second suspect two states away, according to town police.

Local officers charged Tina Michelle Pauley, 42, of Barren Springs after a Carroll deputy saw a person attempting to break into a drink machine at Montgomery Auto Care on West Stuart Drive in Hillsville at about 5:30 a.m.July 19.

MARION — A 37-year-old Galax man has been indicted on two charges each of abduction and conspiracy in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a 19-year-old Marion man.
Michael Ray Brown Jr., of Spring Street in Galax, faces a week-long trial in Smyth County Circuit Court, starting Nov. 28, along with four other suspects.

DUGSPUR — The eighth confirmed case of rabies in Carroll County belonged to an aggressive bobcat in Dugspur.
The report came in July 25, when a citizen noticed the bobcat menacing a dog.
“Luckily, they got [the dog] inside and got the door shut on it,” recalled Terry Woods, Carroll’s animal control officer.
The animal was collected and sent of to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for testing, according to Scott Honaker of the Mount Rogers Health District.